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Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess

Such a Pretty Girl is the story of a young girl who was sexually abused by her father.  Brave enough to tell, she aids in sending her father to jail.  During the trial it is discovered that her father, who was a teacher and a coach had abused many children in the town.  Meredith's world is once again turned upside down when her father is released early due to good behavior.  Although there is a restraining order on her father, Meredith's mother doesn't see the severity of the abuse and rents an apartment in thier complex.   This story takes the reader through the anger and fear Meredith holds as she struggles to figure out how to stop him from abusing someone else while not sacrificing herself.  Very strong message in this book.

Buccaneer Blogfest!

I am very excited to be a part of this blogfest and look forward to having people read my book reviews as well as getting a chance to find new blogs to follow!
Here is the link if you want to join us!  http://sharonbayliss.blogspot.com/2012/06/buccaneer-blogfest.html

Those of you who are new to my blog I am a Bilingual Second grade teacher, Nationally Board Certified in Early Literacy.  I am also an author of YA books and have a magic realism book coming out soon on Amazon.com.

My blog format is one of book reviews.  Usually I read YA of a wide variety and a few novels thrown in there as I find titles that are either in the news or hidden treasures that I think others should definitly read. My hope is to be able to use my blog for my fellow writers to get their names and titles out there for people to read.  Since ebooks and kindles are huge and many digital titles don't get the notice they should I would like to be a link to the readers. 

The Night Children an Escape from the Furnace Story by Alexander Gordon Smith

This is the third book I have read from Alexander Gordon Smith's Furnace series.  The first being Lockdown.  This story is a prequel.  It takes place in WWII and follows a small unit of men looking for a group that has been lost from their platoon.  While looking for them they discover horrible creatures that live in the forest, the Night Children.  A horrid take on Hansel and Gretel, these children once wondered into the woods and were taken in by a man who carried out experiments on the them.  This book is best not to be read before you read the first books of the series.  It ties together the creatures that are intorduced in those books and lets you know why the prison is ran in the manner it is. It is a suspenseful and creepy read but short so it was a fun beach read. 

Service by Marcus Luttrell

This is the second book from Marcus Luttrell.  The first Lone Survivor was the story of Operation Redwing and how Marcus survived when the mission went very wrong.  This book is the aftermath of that experience.  The book follows Marcus as he goes on a tour in Iraq.  I found this book very intersting and got a lot of insight into not only what our troops are doing but what was going on in Iraq at the time.  I feel very uninformed.  As with the first book, this book left me with a feeling of imense pride for the soldiers that go where no one else wants to in order to make our lives the way they are.  Thank You.

Warm Bodies to hit the theatres in 2013

Just recieved my Entertainment Weekly and discovered they are already in production for the movie version of Warm Bodies.  No well know actors are staring in it but the photo of "R" was intreging. 

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

This book caught my eye because the author is from Washington State, my home state YEAH!  Warm Bodies takes the zombie craze and turns it on it's head.  It is told from the point of view of "R" a male zombie.  He is living in an airport with a multitude of other Zombies and strange creatures called Boneys.  He still has some mental capacity but feels it slipping away.  On the night of a raid for food R and his group come upon a group of young scavengers.  He kills a boy named Perry, stuffing his brain in his pocket for later consumption, but not before he got a small bite and shares his thoughts.  Perry's thoughts are of Julie, one of the scavengers. This is the turning point for R and he saves her from certain death.  The book follows R and Julie as he begins to change, to heal.  Soon the world is turned topsy turvy again and the zombies begin to regain humanity and society begins to accept that they should be looking to create a new future instead of recreating the past.  This is a true love story, although wierd.  The writing is beautiful and thoughtful, which is also wierd to say when the topic is Zombies, but what a refreshing take on the end of the world.